Explaining China’s wastewater boom
- From: Vol 10, Issue 9 (September 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country:
- Related Companies: Beijing Drainage Group, Ministry of Environmental Protection and World Bank
China may build another 4,000 wastewater treatment plants as explosive growth continues.
China’s wastewater sector is in the midst of a phenomenal spurt of growth, as major cities rush to meet the target of treating 60% of wastewater by 2010. Momentum has been building in the sector over the last few decades, according to Beijing Drainage general manager Yang Xiang Ping.“In 1978 there were 37 wastewater treatment plants in the ...
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